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A. H. SHILLMAN ART NEEDLEWORK Nov. 22, 192 7.

Filed April 16. 1927 Sides of Vanity FIG.1

INVENTOR- ALBERT H- SmLLMAN ATTORNEY.

Patented N (W. 22, r 1927.

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Application filed April 16, 1927. Serial-No. 134,363.

- Thisinvention relates to art needlework and more particularly to furniture cover or scarf sets consisting of several matched pieces of various sizes and shapes, each adapted to cover a different article of furniture or the like.

Ithas been. the more or less common practice pr or to this invention to furnish to the trade individual pieces of cloth or other material upon which are stamped or stencilled outhnes ready to be worked into pleasing ornamental designs by he use of different.

' colored threads. vDue to the fact, however,

that each piece of stamped goods is separate from the other, it has been found that con siderable material. must of necessity be wasted because of the margin which must'be provided around theedge of each'individual outline. Further, the practice of individually stamping an outline upon each piece of cloth has proved uneconomical from the standpoint of time consumed as well as by reason of the relative difliculty and inconvenience encountered in handling the smaller pieces. Still further, from the point of view of sales to the ultimate consumer, it has been found that the sale of individual pieces of V I stamped goods often results in the customers ibeingunable to obtain a complete set.

It is within the contemplation of the pres ent invention to obviate the aforementioned objectionable features by the provision of a single fabric of standard size upon which are stamped the several outlines of the various pieces constituting the complete set, the several outlines being so arranged upon the fabric that only a minimum portion thereof is wasted. The fabric so stamped is offered to the public ready to be embroidered or otherwise worked into pleasing ornamental designs, and upon completion of these designs the several pieces are cut out of the single, cloth with the result that very little of the cloth need be wasted. Not only is it easier for the dealers to display, handle and distribute the single piece of stamped goods,

'- but the idea. appeals to the purchaser because of'the fact that the whole set of scarfs or covers may be embroidered to completionbefore the several pieces are cut apart. And the customer realizes further that she it not paying for more material than is actually required for the purpose.

Other objects and ob ects relating to details of economy will appear more fully 1n the following description. 1 "lloxenable those skilled in the art to comprehend and practice the invention there is illustrated in the accompanying drawing one form of the invention, it being understood, however, that this form may be altered without departing from the real spirit of. the invention. as particular 1y defined in the appended claim.

In said drawing: a

Figure 1 a diagrammatic view of a furniture set, in this instance a bed-room set, consisting of seven individual pieces.

lVhile. a bed-room set of scarfs has been PATENT CE;

chosen to illustrate the principles of this in- Y vention it is of course'to be understood that the idea is equally applicable with respect to other furniture sets, such as living room anddining room sets, and it is to be further understood that the number of pieces which comprise a set may be varied as desired, the important feature of the invention being the outlining of all of the setpieces upon a single piece of cloth of standard size.

. Referring more particularly to the draw-' ing, it will be seen that there is provided a sheet of base material 10, which is preferably of cloth or other such fabric, upon which is printed,stencilled or otherwise formed the outlines 11 of the several pieces constituting the complete bed-room set. As is indicated in the drawing, these pieces, which, respectively,are designated as Long scarf, Short scarf, Vanity sides Pin cushion top and Pin cushion bottom, are so arranged in relation to one another that a minimum of fabric is left between the outlines of said pieces, the spaces between them being merely suflicie-nt to permit the, several pieces to be separated'when the embroidery thereof has been completed.

The sheet of material 10, which is preferably of standard size for all sets, is sold to' the trade stamped in the manner illustrated in any desired design. .This stamped piece 10 is sold in the form illustrated and the designs of the several scarfs or covers are subsequently embroidered by the purchaser in a manner well understood. Due to the par ticular arrangement of the several stamped outlines on the material 10 considerably less material is wasted than in the case where several pieces are stamped and sold individually, and the ease of stamping and. handling this single fabric is greatly facilitated. Further, all possibility of the dealer Sis claimed as new and useful is: y

In an artlcle of the class described, a single sheet of fabric oii standard size having stamped or otherwlse applied thereon the signs of the several scarfs or covers being matched and being adapted tor subsequent embroidery Work thereon, said outlines of the several scarfs or covers being arranged in such relation with respect to each other as to provide a m'ininiuin of material between the proximate edges of said outlines and the surrounding edges of the fabric.

Signed at the city of Baltimore, State of 20 Maryland, this 11th day of April, 1927.

ALBERT H. SHILLNIAN.-

outlines of a complete set of decorative covers 19 or scarfs of different dimensions adapted to cover different articles of furniture, the de- 

